The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 50
... given of it are contradictory ; and he has given three accounts utterly irreconcilable with each other . He is asked , " How came you to take bonds for this money , if it was not your own ? How came you to vitiate and corrupt the state ...
... given of it are contradictory ; and he has given three accounts utterly irreconcilable with each other . He is asked , " How came you to take bonds for this money , if it was not your own ? How came you to vitiate and corrupt the state ...
Page 54
... given an idea of any such intention to his colleagues while alive , either those who died in India , or those who afterwards returned to Europe , in one day , in a mo- ment , to annihilate the whole authority of the Provin- cial ...
... given an idea of any such intention to his colleagues while alive , either those who died in India , or those who afterwards returned to Europe , in one day , in a mo- ment , to annihilate the whole authority of the Provin- cial ...
Page 62
... given for those acts ; for Mr. Hastings con- fesses it was a sum of money corruptly received , but honestly applied . It does not signify much , at first view , from whom he received it ; it is enough to fix upon him that he did receive ...
... given for those acts ; for Mr. Hastings con- fesses it was a sum of money corruptly received , but honestly applied . It does not signify much , at first view , from whom he received it ; it is enough to fix upon him that he did receive ...
Page 64
... given , we find all the officers of the young Rajah , who was supposed to have given it , turned out of their employment by Gunga Govind Sing , by the very man who received the peshcush for Mr. Hastings . We find them all turned out of ...
... given , we find all the officers of the young Rajah , who was supposed to have given it , turned out of their employment by Gunga Govind Sing , by the very man who received the peshcush for Mr. Hastings . We find them all turned out of ...
Page 65
... given him the first place in his confidence . But there is another next to him in the country , whom you are to hear of by - and - by , called Debi Sing . This person , in the universal opinion of all Bengal , is ranked next to Gunga ...
... given him the first place in his confidence . But there is another next to him in the country , whom you are to hear of by - and - by , called Debi Sing . This person , in the universal opinion of all Bengal , is ranked next to Gunga ...
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accusation act of Parliament affairs agent appear appointed authority banian believe Bengal bonds bribery Calcutta called Cantoo Baboo character charge circumstances Clavering Committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Council Court of Directors covenants crimes Debi Sing declared defence dewan Dinagepore discovery duty endeavored evidence evil explanation extortion favor forgery fraud give given Governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govind Sing hands Hastings's honor House of Commons India ings inquiry knew lac of rupees Larkins letter Lords Mahomed Reza Khân manner means ment mind Munny Begum Nabob nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid Patna peculation person presumption pretended principle proceedings proof prosecution prove province Rajah receiving bribes regard revenue sent servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer sum of money taken tell thing thought tion transactions trust ul Dowlah Warren Hastings whole zemindary